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Posts Tagged ‘Patient care’

Podcast 132: In discussing a child’s overweight with parents, words matter

Joe Elia • September 30th, 2011

Categories: Audio, Obesity, Overweight, Parents, Uncategorized

(6 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)

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Words really do matter, and for clinicians discussing a child’s overweight with parents, words can hurt, stigmatize, and discourage parents from taking the right actions. In a brief interview, the author of a Pediatrics study talks about the best approach to take in these discussions. There are no “magic words,” rather the approach should [...]

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Podcast 130: If you’re a clinician concerned about health costs, wash your hands — don’t just wring them

Joe Elia • September 16th, 2011

Categories: Audio, Hand Washing, Health care, hospital mortality, Infection Control, Intensive care, Patient care, Uncategorized

(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Health Affairs has a study in which a few simple, but rigorously followed patient-care procedures in a pediatric ICU dropped infection rates, mortality, lengths of hospital stay, and total costs. Sound too good to be true? Well, it wasn’t exactly easy, but the results were real and measurable. Listen in and see whether this [...]

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Podcast 100: Practical informed consent

Joe Elia • September 10th, 2010

Categories: Audio, Informed consent, Uncategorized

(5 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)

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We’re not talking about philosophy here, but practical clinical approaches to making sure your patients understand what they’re agreeing to, and have the information to ask the right questions before they sign that form. It’s podcast 100. I’m always looking for ways to make this useful, and if you have any reactions, please drop [...]

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Podcast 76: On saying “No” to patients’ requests.

Joe Elia • February 27th, 2010

Categories: Audio, Diagnosis, Health care, Medical Education, Patient care, Uncategorized

(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

A conversation with the authors of an Archives of Internal Medicine study that examines the best tactics for saying “No” to inappropriate requests. Contact me at 1-617-440-4374 or at jelia@jwatch.org. Interview-related links: Archives of Internal Medicine abstract Atul Gawande’s New Yorker article News-related links: The rosiglitazone (Avandia) controversy Advisory on thiazolidinediones Physicians’ work hours 13-valent [...]

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Podcast 64: A conversation regarding on-pump versus off-pump CABG with Frederick Grover.

Joe Elia • November 12th, 2009

Categories: CABG, Heart-Lung Machine, surgery

(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)

Avoiding use of the heart-lung machine during coronary artery bypass grafting was supposed to lower neurocognitive problems and other complications after the procedure. A large randomized trial finds otherwise. We’ve got a conversation with one of the investigators, Frederick Grover. To contact us, call 1-617-440-4374. You can write to me at jelia@jwatch.org. This week’s links: [...]

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